Unspecified-subject marker in Portuguese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA grammatical marker indicating that a human subject is unspecified, without making the verb's complement its grammatical subject.

Definition in PortugueseElemento gramatical que indica um sujeito humano não especificado sem transformar o complemento do verbo em sujeito da oração.

Example sentences

• Precisa-se de ajuda no escritório.🔊

  Help is needed at the office.

• Precisa-se de profissionais experientes para este projeto.🔊

  Experienced workers are needed for this project.

• Trabalha-se muito nesta empresa.🔊

  People work hard at this company.

Learn it in a lesson

• Uses of “se” in Brazilian Portuguese

unspecified-subject marker in other languages

• What unspecified-subject marker means
• In French
• In Japanese